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US to leave 10,000 troops in Afghanistan past 2014

US to leave 10,000 troops in Afghanistan past 2014Some 10,000 US troops will remain in
Afghanistan after NATO combat operations end at the end of 2014, US
media reports said Sunday. The plan is in line with recommendations from
General John Allen, commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan.

The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around
10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that
country end in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said the plan was
in line with recommendations presented by General John Allen, commander
of US and international forces in Afghanistan, who has proposed a force
between 6,000 and 15,000 US troops.This force will conduct training and counterterrorism operations
after the NATO mission in Afghanistan formally concludes at the end of
2014, the report said.About 67,000 US troops are currently deployed in Afghanistan
alongside 37,000 coalition troops and 337,000 local soldiers and police
that make up the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).The United States and Afghanistan launched crucial talks on November
15 on the status of US forces remaining in Afghanistan after the NATO
withdrawal of combat troops in 2014.Read Full Story>>>